Journal problems

KODY 105 · Post by **KODY 105** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:17 pm

Do any of you keep a journal on your computer? Have you ever opened a backup and thought it was your main file, therefore coming to the conclusion that you have lost several months' worth of entries?

I did that just now, and I just about broke down. Then I realized one letter in the path was different (the drive letter, to be precise), and I was able to open my real journal file last edited yesterday. Praise God I found the right file!

Lord Sesshoumaru · Post by **Lord Sesshoumaru** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:29 pm

closest thing I got to it is my blog which is on my Myspace

Angel · Post by **Angel** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:48 pm

I have always kept my journal on paper. But I have sometimes skipped a page or two, and then came back later and freaked out, but that's as close as I've gotten.

I really don't trust computers enough to hold my journal. Though I have tried something like that in really confusing times.

Evil Chick · Post by **Evil Chick** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:27 am

I keep a journal on my computer. It's called My Journal of Really Happy or Really Sad Things. It's not nearly extensive enough for me to worry about backup or losing stuff... Just random thoughts when I was really happy or really sad.

The Top Crusader · Post by **The Top Crusader** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:54 am

Nah I use paper for such things.

Though I haven't even done that in over 10 years. $\:D/$

Anna><> · Post by **Anna><>** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 8:23 am

Everything I write on the computer I end up having to delete so no one in my family can read it. If I write something on paper I either rip it up as soon as I've finished writing it and throw it out....or just hide it good.

Post by **Catspaw** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:38 pm

Evil Chick wrote:I keep a journal on my computer. It's called My Journal of Really Happy or Really Sad Things. It's not nearly extensive enough for me to worry about backup or losing stuff... Just random thoughts when I was really happy or really sad.

So it's kind of a happy smiler/Evil Chick kind of breakdown.

(Really happy vs. really sad...it kind of fits!)

I don't keep a regular journal, but I usually write my thoughts down on paper instead of the computer for personal things. I still like actually writing on paper instead of typing everything, especially for more personal things. I can see how it would hard to think that you had lost the record of so many of your thoughts, whether they were recorded on paper or in the computer!

Post by **StrongNChrist** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:42 pm

I don't journal on the computer. Too many people use the computer. Besides, I prefer using paper.

Evil Chick · Post by **Evil Chick** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:00 pm

Catspaw wrote:
Evil Chick wrote:I keep a journal on my computer. It's called My Journal of Really Happy or Really Sad Things. It's not nearly extensive enough for me to worry about backup or losing stuff... Just random thoughts when I was really happy or really sad.
So it's kind of a happy smiler/Evil Chick kind of breakdown. (Really happy vs. really sad...it kind of fits!)

Heh... I hadn't thought of that! Kinda cool though. $\:D/$

King Butter Turtle · Post by **King Butter Turtle** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:15 pm

Evil Chick wrote:I keep a journal on my computer. It's called My Journal of Really Happy or Really Sad Things. It's not nearly extensive enough for me to worry about backup or losing stuff... Just random thoughts when I was really happy or really sad.

Kind of like Wooton's red and blue bunny slippers!

Trillspots · Post by **Trillspots** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:29 pm

I keep a journal, as well as a lot of poetry, classwork - and my entire art portfolio, and my resumes on an external hard drive.

Yesterday it crashed, I panicked. I have four interviews in the next month that I need my portfolio and resume for and they were all...gone. I called the makers of the hard drive, they essentially told me, they'd replace it but the data loss was my problem. So I called a data recover service, and another...and another...and they all quoted me around $2500-5000 to recover anything on it. (But they'd be so kind as to waive the initial consultation fee of $50 for me...helpful, right?)

So, I took it to my hacker Father, and am just praying he can rescue my files. (Without reading some of my more personal letters and journal entries...)

Kind of similar situation.

Evil Chick · Post by **Evil Chick** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 8:32 am

King Butter Turtle wrote:
Evil Chick wrote:I keep a journal on my computer. It's called My Journal of Really Happy or Really Sad Things. It's not nearly extensive enough for me to worry about backup or losing stuff... Just random thoughts when I was really happy or really sad.
Kind of like Wooton's red and blue bunny slippers!

That's a really cool comparison! I love Wooton! $\:D/$

LizzieG · Post by **LizzieG** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:51 pm

Evil Chick wrote:I keep a journal on my computer. It's called My Journal of Really Happy or Really Sad Things. It's not nearly extensive enough for me to worry about backup or losing stuff... Just random thoughts when I was really happy or really sad.

That's what mine is too (just without the excellent name)! $\:D/$ I've had mine since I started college, and it's about half full.

I don't regularly journal on the computer, but every so often my off-the-top-of-my-head thoughts end up in a Word document instead of on the cozier piece of paper.

I just wrote one of those Word documents the other night, and I emailed it to myself out of fear of a computer crash. Endless backups are a must; losing such important writing would be very tragic indeed.

Ruthie · Post by **Ruthie** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 6:20 pm

I've always kept my journal on paper.

31899 · Post by **31899** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 6:24 pm

I only have a prayer journal.

EUCC · Post by **EUCC** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 12:03 pm

No, I mostly use a paper journal but had a fitday journal online...I guess I don't worry about losing it, though. It's mostly about weight and junk like that (since it's on a calorie-diet related website).

InHisArms · Post by **InHisArms** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 12:08 pm

I lost two months of my journal this summer...my computer crashed and I hadn't backed it up for awhile. I felt really awful, and still do.

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